Tubing with my Family

Mom planned a big family outing up to Heber to go tubing. It was the last day they were open. We weren't sure that there would be any snow left, but we found some. 

The conditions were not the best. It was warm out and the snow was too slushy for anyone of us to get up a good speed. 

On our first run down we had to stop and get off our tubes a couple times and walk because we would lose momentum. I saw Dads, my husband included pulling kids down the hill.  Lydia wouldn't have had any fun without her Dad there.  Some of the crowd wanted to quit and go into the lodge after the first time down, but then decided to stick it out. One of the boys was miserable and hungry but he didn't give up.

Then we got smart and started to make a train. We linked a few tubes and went down a few at a time which is normally against the rules. We found some success in this method.

Then we tried one more time....and this time everyone, Mom, Dad, Sarah, Heather, us and all of kiddos grabbed on to everyone's tubes, then after Steve, the nice worker at the top gave us mega running push, we went roaring down towards the bottom of the hill. Well, almost to the bottom, who ever ended at the back of the clump would jump off and run and push us some more. It was so much more fun when we were together and helped each other. We still had our issues, but it was definitely an easier ride.

This afternoon of tubing reminded me of how important families are. None of us were very successful when we were trying to get down the hill alone, it was harder than it looked and a bit discouraging to say the least. I already mentioned that some wanted to quit. 

As cheesy as this sounds, once we joined together as a family things got so much better. We were smiling, laughing, making memories and supporting each other. Being on this earth is hard, Satan is attacking the family every chance he gets. Families are the most precious entity we have and we need to work on our relationships and hold them sacred. Life is hard, sometimes people want to give up but boy aren't we lucky we have families to help us "get to the bottom" and enjoy the ride.

PS. I'm glad we have a Mom that plans these crazy outings so we get to spend time together "away" from the business of the world and everyday life.